Brisbane Lions
| Brisbane Lions | ||||
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| Names | ||||
| Full name | Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Football Club Limited, trading as Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club | |||
| Nickname | Lions | |||
| 2025 season | ||||
| After finals | AFL: Premiers | |||
| Home-and-away season | AFL: 3rd | |||
| Leading goalkicker | AFL: Logan Morris (53) | |||
| Best and fairest | AFL: Josh Dunkley | |||
| Club details | ||||
| Founded | 1 November 1996 From the incorporated AFL operations of: Fitzroy Football Club (formed 1883) Brisbane Bears (formed 1987) | |||
| Colours | Maroon Blue Gold | |||
| Competition | AFL: Senior men AFLW: Senior women VFL: Reserves men Talent League: Academy Boys Talent League Girls: Academy Girls | |||
| Chairperson | Andrew Wellington | |||
| CEO | Sam Graham | |||
| Coach | AFL: Chris Fagan AFLW: Craig Starcevich VFL: Ben Hudson | |||
| Captain(s) | AFL: Harris Andrews Josh Dunkley Hugh McCluggage AFLW: Breanna Koenen | |||
| Number-one ticket holder(s) | Dan Anstey Abby Coleman | |||
| Premierships | AFL (5)AFLW (2)Reserves (5) | |||
| Ground | AFL: The Gabba (1997–present) AFLW: Springfield Central Stadium (8,000) VFL: Springfield Central Stadium | |||
| Training ground | Springfield Central Stadium (2022–present) | |||
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| Other information | ||||
| Official website | lions.com.au | |||
The Brisbane Lions are a professional Australian rules football club based in Brisbane, Queensland, that compete in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. Brisbane are the two-time reigning AFL premiers, having won the 2024 Grand Final by 60 points and the 2025 Grand Final by 47 points.
The Lions came into existence in 1996 when the AFL expansion club the Brisbane Bears, established in 1987, absorbed the AFL operations of one of the league's foundation clubs, Fitzroy, established in Melbourne, Victoria in 1883. The club's colours of maroon, blue, and gold were drawn from both Fitzroy and the Bears.
The club plays its home matches at the Gabba in Brisbane, and its headquarters and training facilities are located at Springfield Central Stadium. The Lions are the most successful AFL club of the 21st century with the best frequency to win a premiership across the entire AFL competition (5 premierships in 29 completed seasons). They appeared in four consecutive grand finals from 2001 to 2004, winning three premierships (2001, 2002, 2003) before again appearing in three consecutive grand finals during the 2020's, finishing as runners-up in 2023, and winning their fourth and fifth premierships in 2024 and 2025 respectively.
The Lions were a foundation team in the AFL Women's competition in 2017, and have featured in seven grand finals in that time, winning the premiership in 2021 and again in 2023, finishing runners-up on the other five occasions. They also field a reserves men's team in the Victorian Football League, and operate an under-18s academy which contests Division 2 of the men's and women's underage national championships and the Talent League.